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No. 891,711; Patented 008-. 2 1888.

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ORANGE SIZER AND SEPARATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,711, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed August 6, 1887. Serial No. 246,317. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HIATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leesburg, in the county of Lake and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Imp rovc ments in Orange Sizers and Separators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine for sizing and separating oranges and other similar articles; and it consists of an adjustable gage, by means of which I am able to regulate the sizes of the oranges passing through the escapement at difierent points in the feed-trough.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of an orange separator hav- Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I proceed to give a brief description of my orange sizer and separator, for which I have received Letters Patent No. 369,939, of September 13, 1887, and upon which this is an improvement relating especially to the adj ustable gage.

- My orange sizer and separator has a long trough or box, A, set a little inclined, as seen in Fig. 1. The oranges are fed into the upper end of this feed-box and allowed to roll down until they escape, as indicated by the representations of different-sized oranges shown in dotted lines. This box A is provided with a series of escapenients, 0, having four arms, each revolving on a shaft, as seen in Fig. 2. The bottom of the box A has a curved depression which guides the orange as it rolls forward, and each wing of the escapements has a corresponding depression, which rcstsin the openings in the bottom oft-he box, thus completing the grooved or curved way over which the oranges travel, except when an escapement revolves, as will be soon explained.

Across the top of the box A is a stay, D, fastened by wood screws, and the gage is hinged in the slot of this stay upon the rockbar D. This gage is composed of a threesided piece, E e, which is secured at its open side to the rock-bar D, and an intermediate plate, F, secured to the rock-bar by the pins d. The cross-plate e of the three-sided piece carries the set'screwf, which is tapped into the intermediate plate, F, to adjust it in relation to the plate 6, and so to vary the gage for use with dift'erentsized oranges.

By this arrangement, as the oranges roll down the box A the smaller ones pass the gage E; but when an orange large enough to strike the gage, as seen in Fig. 2, lifts the same, it releases the escapement, and this larger orange drops through the bottom of the box and the escapement makes a quarter-revolution.

Having described my invention,what Iclaim 18-- In an orange sizer and separator, the combination of the escapement O with the gage composed of the side pieces, E, the cross-plate e, the intermediate plate, F, and the means to adjust the plate F with relation to plate 0, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS HIATT.

W'itnesses:

DANIEL BREED, EMMA M. GILLETT. 

